this day in history

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (More info)1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk…

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace (More info)1812 – The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established after being disbanded following the Revolutionary War (More info)1804 – Former US Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds former Secre…

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1776 – The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence happens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after which the Liberty Bell is rung (More info)1777 – Vermont becomes the first colon…

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1863 – The US begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300 (More info)1898 – President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United Stat…

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope (More info)1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of …

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail (More info)1898 – The first solo circumnavi…

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1870 – Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States (More info)1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for the typewriter (More info)1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl War…